Activist Alert 5-24-2012

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May 24, 2012 - 12:00am

• Noted New York author and journalist Thai Jones, who has strong family ties to Eugene, will be reading from his new book, More Powerful Than Dynamite, at 7 pm Thursday, May 31, at Tsunami Books, 25th and Willamette. Jones is the son of former members of the Weather Underground and his family went into hiding for 10 years following an accidental bomb explosion in 1970 in Greenwich Village. His book is about anarchy, corporate greed and the violent protests of 1914, which have close parallels to the Occupy Wall Street movement of today.

• Public comments on draft annual operations plans for state-owned forests has been extended through Friday, June 1. The public comment period opened April 9 for plans in the Astoria, Tillamook, Forest Grove, Western Lane, Coos, Southwest Oregon and Klamath Lake districts. Draft plans are posted at the ODF website at http://wkly.ws/1ad and comments can be emailed to sfaoplans@odf.state.or.us or mailed to Rod Nichols/Public Affairs, ODF, 2600 State St., Salem 97310.

• The Pacific Green Party nominating convention for the November elections will be from 10 am to 4 pm June 2-3 at Willamette University Eaton Hall, Room 308, in Salem. See pacificgreens.org for details and registration.